as you've heard, the fbi is now involved in the case and it's being handled out of the washington field office. yes, it's now a federal case. and the people at the potomac company say they had already gotten early bids on this painting and they were coming in from around the world. legal minds we spoke to say there's a principle in law that a thief cannot pass good title. but who stole it back in 1951? it may have been an inside job, according to a police report. >> interesting. >> new twist to it. >>> doug, you're a busy man today. another wet night? >> another wet night for some of us. last night we saw a ton of lightning, severe weather. we even saw some flooding in parts of the region. if you have plans, a lot of us do on this friday evening, it does look like some of you will be on the wet side. across the district, you can see across the river here, plenty of sunshine -- or sorry, sorry, plenty of cloud cover across the region right now. temperatures 76 degrees with winds out of the northwest at about 12 miles per hour. so not a bad evening. at least we're on the nice and mild sid